Clinical Nurse - Quality and Risk

An exciting opportunity exists for a dynamic Registered Nurse with experience or a desire in quality improvement to join our Quality & Risk team at Gold Coast Private Hospital in a part time role 7 shifts per fortnight.

About the role
Reporting directly to the Quality and Risk Manager you will assist with the facilitation implementation and monitoring of the Hospitals clinical safety and quality framework.

This role will be pivotal in supporting the Quality & Risk Manager and Executive team to facilitate ongoing implementation and monitoring of the Hospitals clinical safety and quality framework.

You will assist with the implementation of quality improvement initiatives projects and activities to maintain patient safety accreditation standards regulatory compliance and patient experience in accordance with the mission vision and values

About us

Established in 2016 Gold Coast Private Hospital is a stateoftheart 340bed facility located in the heart of the Gold Coast Precinct in Southport.

With 22 operating theatres Gold Coast Private Hospital offers a wide range of specialties including but not limited to 24/7 Emergency Care Medical Services Orthopaedics Bariatrics Neurosurgery Plastic Surgery ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) General Surgery Obstetrics Cardiac Care and Oncology.

Gold Coast Private Hospital is committed to continual growth providing exciting opportunities and professional career pathways in healthcare

As a Quality & Risk Clinical Nurse your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Participate and implement within the Hospital wide quality improvement program promoting risk management to support the strategic direction
• Understand and contribute to the development and implementation of clinical governance processes aligned with accreditation requirements.
• Provide effective leadership in quality and risk management to assist managers to continuously review their practices
• Participation in clinical data collection collation and analysis
• Participate and coordinate case review investigations
• Coach Managers in quality improvements building an understanding whilst providing support and confidence with Quality activities.
• Assist with driving exceptional patient experience and outcomes through provision of continuous and collaborative care working in partnership with patients families and other healthcare professionals.
• Identify and assess potential risks to staff &/or patients and develop strategies to mitigate them.
• Report and learn from adverse events and near misses to improve quality and safety.
• Collaborate with other National standard managers by assisting with projects such as Hand Hygiene Auditing and staff health promotion.

Essential Criteria:

• Knowledge of National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards
• Must have clinical knowledge (previous experience as a Registered Nurse)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to liaise across varying levels of management
• Attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills
• Able to manage multiple priorities

Why Healthscope

When you join Healthscope you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation no matter the role every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As one of the largest national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia our 38 sites are supported by our central Support Office enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

Benefits:

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network
• Discounted health insurance (perm employees)
• Continuous professional development education & support provided to encourage growth
• Gym Passport
• Maxxia reward Program
• Salary Sacrifice and novated lease options
• EAP Services

We pride ourselves on working with talented passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us.

Come and be the difference in our patients lives.

Come and be the difference in our patients lives.

Applications close: 18th April 2025

To Apply:Please click on the Apply button to be taken to our online application form. For any questions please reach out to

More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.